![]() ![]() Trivia: With an impending solo career, Broomfield's manager thought a name change was in order. I gotta look past that though as the song is solid. He kinda makes Ray Parker, Jr., seem like Keats by comparison! I'm not expecting deep, thoughtful poetry in pop music, but I'd like something a notch above the basic "hold you tight, make you scream all night" stuff. ![]() It's not a copy, but it certainly sounds similar to that classic. This nearly sounds like Wilde was channeling Marvin Gaye's " Sexual Healing" when he wrote this. There are a couple of very minor drawbacks though. I also like the rev up to the final chorus. ReduxReview: This smooth groove is nicely produced and well performed by Wilde. It sold well getting to #14 on the R&B chart. An album would follow, which spawned two more charting songs at R&B. The single was also able to crossover to Pop for a couple of months. It caught on quickly at R&B and soon became his first #1 hit on that chart. With a name change to Eugene Wilde, he was signed to Philly World records and recorded this first single. By the early 80s, the family group was done and Broomfield set out on his own. Along the way there were some recordings, but nothing that prompted any real attention. They did well on the club scene and would go through a few names changes like Tight Connection and Simplicious. Pop Bits: Ronald Broomfield started in the music biz in Miami as part of a family band called La Voyage. ![]()
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